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plan d'urgence
noun, masculine
contingency plan
plan d'épargne
noun, masculine
savings plan
plan de cuisson
noun, masculine
(UK, AU, NZ) hob, (US, CA) cooktop, (US, CA) stovetop, smooth top stove
plan de faille
noun, masculine
fault plane
plan de niveau
noun, masculine
floor plan
plan de pension
noun, masculine
pension plan
plan de travail
noun, masculine
work plan, schedule; worksurface
plan de vol
noun, masculine
flight plan
plan directeur
noun, masculine
blueprint; master plan; map of the combat area
plan fixe
noun, masculine
static shot
plan incliné
noun, masculine
inclined plane
plan rapproché
noun, masculine
close-up
plan social
noun, masculine
redundancy scheme
plan à trois
noun, masculine
threesome, threeway
plan-séquence
noun, masculine
tracking shot
planaire
adjective
planar
planant
adjective
hovering
planche
noun, feminine
board; spread (picture covering a whole page); plank; woodcut; board (used for sport, e.g. skateboard or surfboard)
planche de salut
noun, feminine
lifeline (source of salvation in a crisis)
planche de surf
noun, feminine
surfboard
planche pourrie
noun, feminine
a generally unreliable, impractical, unhelpful person; a flake
planche à beurre
noun, feminine
butter paddle
planche à billets
noun, feminine
banknote printing plate, printing press
planche à découper
noun, feminine
chopping board
planche à laver
noun, feminine
washboard
planche à neige
noun, feminine
snowboard
planche à pain
noun, feminine
breadboard
planche à repasser
noun, feminine
ironing board; ironing board (flat-chested woman)
planche à roulettes
noun, feminine
skateboard
planche à roulettes
noun, feminine
skateboarding
planche à tartiner
noun, feminine
board to spread butter, jam or any other spread on one's slice of bread
planche à voile
noun, feminine
sailboard, windsurf board; windsurfing
plancher
noun, masculine
plancher (floor made of wood); floor (the interior bottom or surface of a house or building; the supporting surface of a room); floor (the bottom surface of a natural structure, entity, or space); lower limit
to study something thoroughly, to work hard on something, to brainstorm
plancher des vaches
noun, masculine
terra firma, solid ground
plancher océanique
noun, masculine
seafloor, seabed
plancher pelvien
noun, masculine
pelvic floor (muscular partition, formed by the muscle fibers of the levator ani, the coccygeus, and associated connective tissue, which spans the area underneath the pelvis)
planchette
noun, feminine
small plank
planchette à pince
noun, feminine
clipboard
planchiste
noun, masculine/feminine
boarder; snowboarder; skateboarder
planckien
adjective
Planckian
plancton
noun, masculine
plankton
planctonique
adjective
planktonic
planctophage
noun, masculine/feminine
planktophage
planctophage
adjective
planktophagous
plandémie
noun, feminine
plandemic
planer
verb
to glide, to hover; to be entranced, to be mesmerized; to be high; to be going well; to run smoothly
planeur
noun, masculine
glider (aircraft); planer (tool)
planificateur
noun, masculine
planner
planificateur
adjective
planning
planification
noun, feminine
planning (act of making a plan)
to plan ahead, to prepare oneself
planimètre
noun, masculine
planimeter
planimétrie
noun, feminine
planimetry
planimetric
planisme
noun, masculine
planism
planisphère
noun, masculine
planisphere
planning
noun, masculine
schedule, work plan
planning familial
noun, masculine
family planning; family planning clinic
planogamie
noun, feminine
planogamy